神降ろし - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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神降ろし (kyūjitai) |
Compound of 神 (kami, “god, spirit”) + 降ろし (oroshi, “bringing down”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 降ろす (orosu), “to take down, to lower, to bring down”).
神降ろし • (kamioroshi)
- the calling down a god to a place of worship at the start of a festival
- Synonym: 口寄せ (kuchiyose)
- an avatar, particularly a 巫女 (miko, “shrine maiden”) who has prayed and invited a god to enter her body to be an oracle
- the listing the names of gods and making a solemn oath on a written vow to the gods; also, the place on the document where the names of the gods are written